Useful Links
A Noble Endeavor: Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Suffrage
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/a-noble-endeavor-ida-b-wells-barnett-and-suffrage.htm
Standing Up for Her Principles: Ida B. Wells and the Suffrage Movement
https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-stories/ida-b-wells/standing-up-for-her-principles-ida-b-wells-and-the-suffrage-movement
Paid resource: Ida B. Wells Gets Her Due as a Black Suffragist who Rejected Movement’s Racism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/08/25/mosaic-ida-b-wells-black-suffragist-union-station/
Fight against Lynching:
Talks about her fight to end lynching and her work advocating for Black women’s suffrage
https://blackwomenssuffrage.dp.la/key-figures/idaBWellsBarnett
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/a-noble-endeavor-ida-b-wells-barnett-and-suffrage.htm
Standing Up for Her Principles: Ida B. Wells and the Suffrage Movement
https://interactive.wttw.com/chicago-stories/ida-b-wells/standing-up-for-her-principles-ida-b-wells-and-the-suffrage-movement
Paid resource: Ida B. Wells Gets Her Due as a Black Suffragist who Rejected Movement’s Racism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/08/25/mosaic-ida-b-wells-black-suffragist-union-station/
Fight against Lynching:
Talks about her fight to end lynching and her work advocating for Black women’s suffrage
https://blackwomenssuffrage.dp.la/key-figures/idaBWellsBarnett
Primary Sources
How Enfranchisement Stops Lynching https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ead/pdf/ibwells-0008-008-05.pdf Crusade for Justice (autobiography) Read an Excerpt from “Crusade for Justice” by Ida B. Wells https://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2020/07/16/read-an-excerpt-from-crusade-for-justice-by-ida-b-wells-born-on-this-day-in-1862.html Excerpt One. On a discussion about lynching with British social and religious leaders during a speaking tour of England in 1894; pp. 154-155. Excerpt Two. On the response to rioting in Springfield, Illinois in 1908; at this time Wells was living in Chicago and teaching Sunday school in her Presbyterian church; pp. 299-300 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/aarwellsexrpt.htm |
Lessons
African American ActivistsStudents will learn about Ida B Wells, Rosa Parks, and Fannie Lou Hammer; all female African American activists who fought for justice and equality in different time periods throughout the 19th and 20th century. Students will research, evaluate and collaborate as they uncover the core beliefs and ideals of these activists, question what changed and what stayed the same throughout their reform movements and finally, determine the impact of their work.
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/lesson-plan/african-american-activists
This mini lesson will introduce students to Ida B. Wells through a primary source and invite students to explore the geography of American lynchings through an interactive map.
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/lesson-plan/ida-b-wells-suffragist-and-anti-lynching-activist
C3 lesson: can one women’s voice change the world?
Supporting Questions 1. Who was Ida B. Wells? 2. How did the journalistic work of Ida B. Wells show resistance to the powers that governed society during her lifetime? 3. What is Ida B. Wells’ legacy?
Students will participate in a Socratic Seminar discussion that will explore learning about Hard History and the role that an individual can have in cultivating our understanding of history.
Argument Can one person’s voice change the world?
Construct an argument (e.g. detailed outline, drawing or essay) that address this question using specific claims and relevant evidence from primary and secondary sources to answer the compelling question.
Extension: Research another historical woman and create a museum exhibit that celebrates her life and commemorates how and why her voice made a difference in her community and the world.
https://c3teachers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ida-B-Wells-Inquiry.pdf
The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that discuss African-American women who were active in the fight for civil rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Ida B. Wells, who worked tirelessly for racial justice in the South, especially concerning lynching.
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/lesson-plan/african-american-activists
This mini lesson will introduce students to Ida B. Wells through a primary source and invite students to explore the geography of American lynchings through an interactive map.
https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/lesson-plan/ida-b-wells-suffragist-and-anti-lynching-activist
C3 lesson: can one women’s voice change the world?
Supporting Questions 1. Who was Ida B. Wells? 2. How did the journalistic work of Ida B. Wells show resistance to the powers that governed society during her lifetime? 3. What is Ida B. Wells’ legacy?
Students will participate in a Socratic Seminar discussion that will explore learning about Hard History and the role that an individual can have in cultivating our understanding of history.
Argument Can one person’s voice change the world?
Construct an argument (e.g. detailed outline, drawing or essay) that address this question using specific claims and relevant evidence from primary and secondary sources to answer the compelling question.
Extension: Research another historical woman and create a museum exhibit that celebrates her life and commemorates how and why her voice made a difference in her community and the world.
https://c3teachers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Ida-B-Wells-Inquiry.pdf
The title “Before Rosa Parks” loosely links a number of lessons that discuss African-American women who were active in the fight for civil rights before the 1950s. This lesson highlights Ida B. Wells, who worked tirelessly for racial justice in the South, especially concerning lynching.
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- consider the strategies Ida B. Wells deployed to raise awareness of social problems.
- weigh the effectiveness of nonconformity to address a specific audience.
- use Wells' story to write about a personal experience of conformity or non-conformity.
- understand some of the economic and social problems facing the South after the Civil War.
- Ida. B. Wells Discussion and Glossary Handout (in which Wells’ daughter's reflections are excerpted from The Memphis Diary of Ida B. Wells (Ed. Miriam De Costa-Willis, Beacon Press, 1995)
- Lined paper and pens